Chorus Director

### Il Prigioniero & The Medium Opera Festival of Chicago

#### Event Overview
Join us for an unforgettable evening of opera at the Athenaeum Theater in Chicago, featuring a double-bill performance of Luigi Dallapiccola’s "Il Prigioniero" and Gian Carlo Menotti’s "The Medium." This event is part of the Opera Festival of Chicago's 2024 season.

#### Performance Details
- **Dates and Times:**
  - **Thursday, July 11, 2024, at 7:30 PM**
  - **Sunday, July 14, 2024, at 2:00 PM**
- **Venue:**
  - **Athenaeum Theater**
  - **2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657**
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- **Tickets:**
  - **Price Range: $25 - $125**
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- **Running Time:**
  - **110 minutes** (including a 15-minute intermission between shows)

#### Operas

**Il Prigioniero**
- **Composer & Librettist:** Luigi Dallapiccola
- **Synopsis:** Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition, this opera tells the dark and intense story of a prisoner entangled in a web of religious and political intrigue.
- **Language:** Performed in Italian with English supertitles
- **Cast:**
  - **La Madre:** Viktoria Vizin
  - **Il Prigioniero:** Franco Pomponi
  - **Il Carceriere:** David Cangelosi
  - **1st Priest:** Reuben Lillie
  - **2nd Priest:** Jonathan Wilson
  - **Torturer:** Alex Iacobucci
  - **Off Stage Chorus:** Morgan Babbs, Marguerite Di Marco, Stephanie Gubin, Savannah Hegyi, Elise Hurwitz, Gisella Milla, Veronica Samiec, Vera Schmitz, Diana Stoic Richardson, Leah Rockweit, Pamela Spann, Hillary Watkins, Amanda Caban, Katrina Dubbs, Mallory Harding, Floriana Hecker, Lauryn Nelson, Carmen Vizin, Andew John Baker, Ryan Frenk, David Greene, Alex Iacobucci, Christopher Jackson, Dennis Kalup, Reuben Lillie, Aldo Alan Navarrete, Chris Filipowicz, SuYoung Lee, Aurelien Mangwa, Lyle Nicholson, Chimerie Obianom, Collin Stillday, Kevin Wheatle, Jonathan Wilson

**The Medium**
- **Composer & Librettist:** Gian Carlo Menotti
- **Synopsis:** Set in a mid-20th-century urban apartment, this opera revolves around Madame Flora, a fraudulent medium, and her daughter Monica.
- **Language:** Performed in Italian with English supertitles
- **Cast:**
  - **Madame Flora (Baba):** Viktoria Vizin
  - **Monica:** Laura McCauley
  - **Mrs. Nolan:** Lauryn Nelson
  - **Mrs. Gobineau:** Gisella Milla
  - **Mr. Gobineau:** Jonathan Wilson
  - **Toby:** Alex Iacobucci

#### Artistic Team
- **Conductor:** Emanuele Andrizzi
- **Director:** Harry Silverstein
- **Chorus Director:** Reid Taylor

#### Additional Information
- **COVID-19 Response:** Please refer to our [COVID-19 guidelines](#) for the latest safety measures.
- **Support:** Consider supporting the Opera Festival of Chicago by [donating](#).

For more information, visit our [website](#) or contact our [box office](#) for assistance. Don't miss this captivating evening of opera!

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Il Prigioniero & The Medium

Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture

Verdi’s popular 1846 opera in a prologue and three acts takes us to the mid-5th century near Rome following Attila, King of the Huns. A story of Power, Glory, and Betrayal, Attila was Verdi's 9th opera and has been one of his most popular earlier works with soaring melodies, giant choruses within this epic tale.

Verdi Attila

Northwestern University

From the writing of T. S. Eliot’s 1935 play, “Murder at the Cathedral” remains one of Ildebrando Pizzetti’s most celebrated compositions. This dramatic opera portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of Henry II in 1170.

Chorus Director

Reid Taylor

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